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Reading the backs and forths of various drugs and medical treatments over the years has left me with two overall lessons:

* A drug with horrific potential side effects can be worth it, if the condition it is treating is worse. For instance, a drug which can cause strokes might be worth it to prevent horrible seizures, but not to prevent mild hay fever.

* Even if a drug can be abused, it doesn't change the fact that some people legitimately need it. You see this most in pain management, where people who need powerful pain killers just to function face criminal charges and roadblocks to getting the medicine they need.